Lamar freshman named to national watch list

By The Enterprise

Published 7:05 pm, Wednesday, October 2, 2013

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Running-back Kade Harrington, #8, charges down the field before being taken down shortly outside the end-zone during the Lamar University football scrimmage on Saturday, August 10, 2013.
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Running-back Kade Harrington, #8, charges down the field before being taken down shortly outside the end-zone during the Lamar University football scrimmage on Saturday, August 10, 2013.
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Running-back Kade Harrington, #8, charges down the sideline for two back to back touchdowns during the Lamar University football scrimmage on Saturday, August 10, 2013.
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Running-back Kade Harrington, #8, charges down the sideline for two back to back touchdowns during the Lamar University football scrimmage on Saturday, August 10, 2013.
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Running -back Kade Harrington, #8, runs through a few warm up drills after a break due to lightning during the Lamar University football scrimmage on Saturday, August 10, 2013.
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Running -back Kade Harrington, #8, runs through a few warm up drills after a break due to lightning during the Lamar University football scrimmage on Saturday, August 10, 2013.
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Lamar freshman named to national watch list

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Lamar running back Kade Harrington has proved to be one of the best freshmen in the country so far this season.

Wednesday, a national authority agreed as Harrington was added to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Freshman Performer of the Year Watch List.

Currently sixth in the Southland Conference in rushing, Harrington is the league's leading freshman running back averaging better than 68 yards per game, with 5.6 yards per carry.

Harrington enters the Southland Conference opener 264 yards shy of becoming the school all-time leading rusher for a freshman. The current record, 607 yards (Sammy Carpenter) was set during the 1951 season.